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It is very interesting phenomenon in nature. Actually when two waves traverse in the same medium each wave would go as if the other were absent.
This is very very important concept. This means that there is no chance for any wave to push the other wave as they come across. Have you heard about the scattering of wave due to another wave? No it is not possible.
But the disturbance produced by one wave at one location could be altered by the disturbance produced by another at the same location.
This effect is termed as interference.
If both meeting waves have crest or trough at the same time then both get added and so it is termed as CONSTRUCTIVE interference.
But if both meet in such a way that crest and trough meet, then DESTRUCTIVE interference is produced.
If the amplitude of the two waves are the same, then the resultant amplitude due to destructive interference will be ZERO. Hence total destruction!
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What type of interference occurs when waves meet crest to crest or trough to trough?
No, that would be destructive interference. One crest + one trough = nothing, a flat line.
Which kind of interference results in bright bands of light?
Constructive Interference
Is seismic waves interference constructive or destructive?
destructive most of the time
Destructive interference occur because of what?
a
Is catastrophic interference another name for destructive interference?
No, "destructive" has nothing to do with "catastrophic"; it just means that two waves act in opposite directions.
What causes dead spots in a concert hall?
Destructive interference of the waves due to poor design of the building.
What is the two waves coming together to make a smaller wave?
Destructive interference.
What type of interference occurs when waves meet crest to crest or trough to trough?
No, that would be destructive interference. One crest + one trough = nothing, a flat line.
What are the two type of inference?
constructive interference destructive interference
Which kind of interference results in bright bands of light?
Constructive Interference
Is seismic waves interference constructive or destructive?
destructive most of the time
Destructive interference occur because of what?
a
Lowest frequency at which destructive interference is observed?
Constructive and destructive interference can occur at any frequency. Superposition of waves is not dependent on a specific frequency.
Is catastrophic interference another name for destructive interference?
No, "destructive" has nothing to do with "catastrophic"; it just means that two waves act in opposite directions.
What type of interference causes the crest of the wave to decrease or cancel out?
Destructive interference
Why is there a dark spot at the center of an interference pattern?
Because, there is destructive interference that occurs there.
What happens when two waves encounter one another in destructive interference?
Destructive interference happens when the crest of one wave and the troughs of another wave overlap. The new wave has a smaller amplitude than the original waves had. When the waves involved in destructive interference have the same amplitude and meet each other at just the right time, the result is no wave at all.
